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Feeder Cattle Grading

Feeder Cattle Grading. Warren Beeler, Kentucky Department of Agriculture Certified USDA Livestock Grader. Edited for Georgia by Frank B. Flanders Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum Office March 2002. January 2001. The information in this presentation is correct to the.

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Feeder Cattle Grading

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  1. Feeder Cattle Grading Warren Beeler, Kentucky Department of Agriculture Certified USDA Livestock Grader Edited for Georgia by Frank B. Flanders Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum Office March 2002 January 2001

  2. The information in this presentation is correct to the best of our knowledge as of the time this presentation was created. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture does not discriminate , or disability on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age in employment or the provision of services necessary to afford individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to participat e in all programs and activities. Feeder Cattle Grading

  3. The purpose of this presentation is to: • Introduce the concept of feeder calf grading to individuals and/or groups that have limited or no previous experience with USDA grading of feeder cattle. • Examine the requirements and benefits of feeder cattle through graded, co-mingled sales. Feeder Cattle Grading

  4. Why Preconditioned and Graded? • Offers large groups of like kind • Helps small producers • Helps large producer with more than one grade of cattle • Improved health and feedlot success • Improved customer satisfaction Feeder Cattle Grading

  5. Successful KY Graded Sales • CPH Sales -Hopkinsville, Guthrie, and Bowling Green • Paris Central KY Feeders • Owensboro Area (2,200 head) • Breckinridge County Sale The Advantage Hopkinsville CPH Sale, December 4, 2000 (787 head) $ - 700-790 pound steers returned an average of $8.34/cwt. over the average market reported for the Green River Area that week. Feeder Cattle Grading

  6. GROWTH CURVES 1,400 lbs Fat Muscle Weight of animal 900 lbs Frame Age of animal

  7. What Makes the Grade on Frame? Steers Heifers Frame Size/Finish Weight Frame Size/Finish Weight • Large / over 1,250 • Large / over 1,150 • Medium / 1,000-1,150 • Medium / 1,100-1,250 • Small / under 1,100 • Small / under 1,100 (At 0.4" Backfat) (At 0.4" Backfat) Feeder Cattle Grading

  8. What Makes the Grade on Muscle? #1 = Thick or Heavy Muscling #2 = Average Muscling #3 = Thin or Light Muscling #4 = Malnourished Dairy Animal Feeder Cattle Grading

  9. What Does Not Make the Grade? • Poor Eyes • Stags • Odd Color With No Match • Double Muscled • Injuries • Horns • Sick or Unthrifty Feeder Cattle Grading

  10. Possible Feeder Cattle Grades • Large Frame 1, 2, 3, or 4 • Medium Frame 1, 2, 3, or 4 • Small Frame 1, 2, 3, or 4 • Outs • Shorts • Fats Feeder Cattle Grading

  11. Common Breeds Used for Sorting/Grouping • Blacks - Angus X, Black Baldy • Charolais - White, Chocolate • Crossbred - Red=s, Red Baldy, Simmental X, Big Blacks • Earred - Brahman X • Hereford • Striped - Striped Simmental, Skunk Tail Feeder Cattle Grading

  12. GRADING TEST: LARGE, HORNS = OUT 350

  13. MEDIUM, BLACKS 270

  14. 290 SMALL, BLACKS

  15. MEDIUM, HEREFORD 270

  16. MEDIUM, EARRED 370

  17. 100 LARGE, CHAROLAIS

  18. 130 MEDIUM, BLACK, STAGY?

  19. LARGE, NO MATCH 330

  20. 270 SMALL, FAT, CHAROLAIS

  21. 170 LARGE, EXCELLENT CONDITION, BLACKS

  22. 380 SMALL, BLACKS

  23. 370 LARGE, CROSSBRED, SICK = OUT

  24. 220 MEDIUM, CROSSBRED, SICK?

  25. LARGE, CROSSBRED OR BLACK 160

  26. LARGE, EARRED 360

  27. 280 MEDIUM, CROSSBRED

  28. 110 MEDIUM, BLACKS

  29. 490 MEDIUM, CROSSBRED

  30. 360 MEDIUM, BLACK, OLD

  31. SMALL, NO MATCH 340

  32. STAG, OLD, SMALL #2 = OUT

  33. Typical Distribution of Feeder Cattle in KY Graded Sales 35% Large & 50% Large & 10% Large & 5% Small #1 Medium # 1 Medium # 2 Medium # 3 or #2 Feeder Cattle Grading

  34. MIXED GROUP Feeder Cattle Grading

  35. LOAD LOTS

  36. UNIFORM FINISHED PRODUCT Feeder Cattle Grading

  37. THE REAL BUSINESS!

  38. Warren Beeler Kentucky Department of Agriculture 100 Fair Oaks Lane, Suite 252 Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 502 - 564 - 5665 Ext. 223 502 - 843 - 9191 Feeder Cattle Grading

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